feat: remove 'include_private' (#2736)

* feat: remove 'include_private'

As explained in #2517 the 'include_private' flag is confusing and
doesn't work as expected. This commit therefore removes this flag.

* fix: fix tests

* docs: remove redundant private deploy note

api/index.js

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export default async (req, res) => {
     card_width,
     hide_rank,
     show_icons,
-    count_private,
     include_all_commits,
     line_height,
     title_color,
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ export default async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const stats = await fetchStats(
       username,
-      parseBoolean(count_private),
       parseBoolean(include_all_commits),
       parseArray(exclude_repo),
     );

readme.md

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Change the `?username=` value to your GitHub username.
 ```
 
 > **Warning**
-> By default, the stats card shows contributions only from public repositories. To show your private contributions, you should [deploy your own instance](#deploy-on-your-own) using your own GitHub API token, allowing you to see your private data.
+> By default, the stats card only shows statistics like stars, commits and pull requests from public repositories. To show private statistics on the stats card, you should [deploy your own instance](#deploy-on-your-own) using your own GitHub API token.
 
 > **Note**
 > Available ranks are S+ (top 1%), S (top 25%), A++ (top 45%), A+ (top 60%), and B+ (everyone). The values are calculated by using the [cumulative distribution function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulative_distribution_function) using commits, contributions, issues, stars, pull requests, followers, and owned repositories. The implementation can be investigated at [src/calculateRank.js](./src/calculateRank.js).
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ You can provide multiple comma-separated values in the bg_color option to render
 -   `rank_icon` - Shows alternative rank icon (i.e. `github` or `default`). Default: `default`.
 -   `show_icons` - _(boolean)_. Default: `false`.
 -   `include_all_commits` - Count total commits instead of just the current year commits _(boolean)_. Default: `false`.
--   `count_private` - Count private contributions _(boolean)_. Default: `false`.
 -   `line_height` - Sets the line height between text _(number)_. Default: `25`.
 -   `exclude_repo` - Exclude stars from specified repositories _(Comma-separated values)_. Default: `[] (blank array)`.
 -   `custom_title` - Sets a custom title for the card. Default:  `<username> GitHub Stats`.
@@ -352,6 +351,9 @@ Use [show_owner](#customization) variable to include the repo's owner username
 
 The top languages card shows a GitHub user's most frequently used top language.
 
+> **Warning**
+> By default, the language card shows language results only from public repositories. To include languages used in private repositories, you should [deploy your own instance](#deploy-on-your-own) using your own GitHub API token.
+
 > **Note**
 > Top Languages does not indicate the user's skill level or anything like that; it's a GitHub metric to determine which languages have the most code on GitHub. It is a new feature of github-readme-stats.
 

src/fetchers/stats-fetcher.js

@@ -173,13 +173,11 @@ const totalCommitsFetcher = async (username) => {
  * Fetch stats for a given username.
  *
  * @param {string} username GitHub username.
- * @param {boolean} count_private Include private contributions.
  * @param {boolean} include_all_commits Include all commits.
  * @returns {Promise<import("./types").StatsData>} Stats data.
  */
 const fetchStats = async (
   username,
-  count_private = false,
   include_all_commits = false,
   exclude_repo = [],
 ) => {
@@ -229,12 +227,6 @@ const fetchStats = async (
     stats.totalCommits = user.contributionsCollection.totalCommitContributions;
   }
 
-  // if count_private, add private contributions to totalCommits.
-  if (count_private) {
-    stats.totalCommits +=
-      user.contributionsCollection.restrictedContributionsCount;
-  }
-
   stats.totalPRs = user.pullRequests.totalCount;
   stats.totalIssues = user.openIssues.totalCount + user.closedIssues.totalCount;
   stats.contributedTo = user.repositoriesContributedTo.totalCount;

tests/fetchStats.test.js

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe("Test fetchStats", () => {
       .onGet("https://api.github.com/search/commits?q=author:anuraghazra")
       .reply(200, { total_count: 1000 });
 
-    let stats = await fetchStats("anuraghazra", false, true);
+    let stats = await fetchStats("anuraghazra", true);
     const rank = calculateRank({
       all_commits: true,
       commits: 1000,
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ describe("Test fetchStats", () => {
       .onGet("https://api.github.com/search/commits?q=author:anuraghazra")
       .reply(200, { total_count: 1000 });
 
-    let stats = await fetchStats("anuraghazra", false, true, ["test-repo-1"]);
+    let stats = await fetchStats("anuraghazra", true, ["test-repo-1"]);
     const rank = calculateRank({
       all_commits: true,
       commits: 1000,